The MONTHLY Motivator - October 2006

Words of encouragement

Just when you think things could not get worse, they get worse. Or just
when you’re about to pull ahead, something comes along and pushes you
back. Is there any point in going on? Is it time to simply give up, to
give in, to abandon your dreams, to turn your back on your most deeply
held desires?

Absolutely not! No matter what has happened, no matter how difficult the
conditions, no matter how much challenge is piled on top of challenge,
there is always hope. In fact, the more difficult the situation, the more
reason you have to move beyond it. The more you’ve lost, the less you have
to lose and the more reason you have to stride confidently forward.

Even if you have nothing else, you have something more precious than the
purest gold, more rare and desirable than the brightest diamond. You have
life. You can sense. You can think. You can reason. You can make
decisions. You can take action. Though you may lose all else, still you
retain the ability to move yourself forward, to become the person you
decide to become, to live in the way you have determined to live.

At times it may seem that the whole world is against you. But that
assessment is based on past history. And the past does not equal the
future. The past does not equal the future because you stand solidly in
the present, able to break away from whatever has happened in the past and
to create your future in the way you desire.

This moment is overflowing with opportunity. If the past has been full of
disappointment, now is the time to change that pattern. Now is the moment
in which you can make a positive difference. Now is the time to take
action. Now is the time to fulfill your incredible possibilities. You’ve
glimpsed those possibilities before, and you know deep within your heart
how positive and wonderful they can be. Now is your opportunity to grasp
them. Now is your opportunity to turn them into reality.

Your future is a blank canvas, waiting for you to apply color, shape and
motion, meaning and fulfillment. You can make of it whatever you wish,
whatever you dream, whatever you desire.

Start by knowing you can do it. Though you’ve known your share of
difficulty, you’ve succeeded in making it this far through life. The
challenges of your past stand now as shining examples of your ability to
persevere. You have successfully lived through each one of those
challenges, each one of those disappointments. Consider for a moment how
strong all that has made you. Consider all the valuable things you’ve
learned. Just think of what you can do with that strength and that
knowledge, applied in a positive direction.

Ask yourself an important, life-changing question.

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